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' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB BITTER, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

PURSE.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 576,894, datedFebruary 9, 1897.

Application filed March 7, 1896. Renewed January 16, 1897- Serial No.619,499. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JACOB BITTER, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city,

county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Purses, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved purse of that class in which thebody of the purse, the side, and end gussets are made from one integralpiece of leather or other material and creased into proper shape, sothat the purse can be manufactured at a considerably lower price thanwhen the parts are stitched together, as heretofore; and the inventionconsists of a purse the body of which is made with end gussets,intermediate end gussets, top gussets, and top corner gussets in oneintegral piece, said body being applied to the pivoted jawsof a frameprovided with a suitable fastening device; and the invention consists,further, of the special construction of the blankfrom which thepurse-body is made, as will be fully described hereinafter and finallypointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view ofmy improved purse shown in open position. Fig. 2 is a verticaltransverse section of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the blank fromwhich the purse is made.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, A represents the body of my improved purse, which ismade from the blank shown in Fig. 3. This blank is preferably cut in therequired size from one continuous piece of leather or other suitablematerial by a suitable die, after which it is creased and folded in sucha manner as to form ordinary end gussets a a, sides a at, intermediatefolding end gussets a small top gussets a and top corner gussets a asshown in dotted lines in Fig. 3. The end and intermediate gussets aa arearranged at the main sides of the blank, while the top gussets a and topcorner gussets a are arranged at the ends of the blank.

The blank is creased along the dotted lines shown in Fig. 3 and thenfolded up and attached to a frame formed of two pivoted jaws b b andsuitable fastening devices I). When the purse is open, it forms onelargepocket, with or without an interior coin-pocket C, from which thecoins can be readily taken out on opening the jaws b b.

When the interior coin-pocket O is provided, I

it is of course understood that it must be made of a separate piece ofmaterial and is not made of a portion of the blank which forms the mainbody of the purse.

By making the entire body of the purse, including the end gusset,intermediatefolding gussets, the narrow top gussets, and the top cornergussets,of one integral piece of leather, which is cut in suitable shapeby a die and then creased, the purse can be manufactured at a less costthan'when the end and top gussets are sewed together by hand, while amuch more durable and better-looking purse is obtained,as there is noripping of the end gussets.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A purse, consisting of a body composed of sides,end gussets, intermediate folding end gussets, top gussets and topcorner gussets, all made in one integral piece, and a frame providedwith a suitable-fastening device, substantially as set forth.

, 2. The blank herein shown and described for the body of a purse,consisting of sides, end gussets,intermediate end gussets,top gussetsand top corner gussets all made in one integral piece, substantially asset forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JACOB BITTER.

Witnesses PAUL GoEPEL, GEO. W. JAEKEL.

